Birthdays can mean a lot of things for people – time with friends or family, treating yourself to something special, or just disconnecting from responsibilities. For Kirby it means cake, cake, and more cake. カービィさん、お誕生日おめでとうございます！今日はわれわれワドルディレポート隊が、カービィさんのためにケーキをご用意しました♪さぁ、カービィさん！みなさんへコメントをお願いします…って、わわわっ！？食べるのはまだ早いですよ～っ！！#カービィのハッピーバースデー pic.twitter.com/mVy2QldNbg — 星のカービィ (@Kirby_JP) April 26, 2024 Yes, April 27th marks Kirby’s 32nd birthday and…
LEGO and Animal Crossing is a match made in heaven, but there was one curious omission from the line when it launched earlier this year: K.K. Slider. How could one of the most iconic characters of modern gaming not be included alongside villagers like Julian and Bunnie? Who even are…
Pokémon GO’s quarterly Hatch Day event is back and this time Cleffa is being featured. Before the event kicks off, there will be some extra bonuses available during the aptly named Cleffa Hatch Day Extended Bonuses “event”. So with your Egg inventory cleared out, you’ll be ready to collect (and…
It looks like some Switch boxes are popping up in the wild, specifically in Japan. Thanks to the dutiful work of Gaijinhunter on Twitter we have a great view of the packaging for the launch titles for Nintendo’s upcoming system. The displays were on shelves in the Tokyo area, but…
This week in the Nintendo eShop: Trick-or-treating in January and a trio of Culture Brain martial arts classics roundhouse kick Virtual Consoles. It’s an anemic week in the eShop discount aisle. Amazingly fun (not to mention cheap) puzzle platformers Toki Tori and Toki Tori 3D are both still on sale…
Sharpen those Kunai and dust off your ninja garbs: Little Ninja Brothers is sneaking onto North American Wii U Virtual Console tomorrow! Rounding out today’s smattering of martial arts themed retro classics is Little Ninja Brothers: the second, far superior game in the Super Chinese series after Kung-Fu Heroes. The…
It’s a new year and with that means a new chance for fighting games to take center stage this summer for Evo 2017! Always a great show of skill, style, and sportsmanship Evo is the world’s largest organized fighting game tournament and represents the pinnacle of competition. This year two…
Genesis 4 – the illustrious Super Smash Bros. tournament held annually in January – concluded last night, after three days of matches and thousands of players in attendance. And while it was certainly an explosive, unpredictable start to the Smash year, it was so in a way that many didn’t…
The day was July 12th, 2009. In Antioch, California, on the east end of the Bay Area, hundreds of people had huddled in the Contra Costa County Fairgrounds to play Super Smash Bros. At the time, it was the largest Melee tourney ever held, and in grand finals lay two…
This week in the Nintendo eShop: Le Club Puff-Puff (nudge, nudge, wink wink) reopens its doors for business, fight club gets a video game adaptation, and Fox McCloud gets a little too cocky. Nintendo’s massive New Year’s sale is still going strong in the North American eShop this week! From…
The newly announced mobile title Fire Emblem Heroes looks like it’ll be pulling from every corner of Fire Emblem history. This includes several games that never came stateside, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have their own loyal fans the world over. Nintendo has recognized this by making what appears…
Nintendo’s grand unveiling of the Switch’s software line-up and hardware specifics is almost upon us. While we covered most of the more solid predictions in another article yesterday, some members of our team have banded together to share some slightly smaller wishes and predictions. Brittin’s Predictions The triumphant return of…
Ever wanted Nintendo to follow up Super Mario Maker with an official Zelda Maker? Well, for the last 18 years the World Wide Web has been home to the unofficial ZeldaClassic.com. Zelda Classics is a deep, detailed program that allows users to design and play their very own Zelda adventures,…
Attention, MARCH! The many women of Rhythm Heaven tap into the Badge Arcade today. Don’t forget, the Badge Arcade is ushering in the New Year with some brand-spanking new badges featuring Ashley, Nikki and the Pokémon series! Also joining the party this week are a swarm of repeat Alolan pocket…
A lone Rhythm Heaven catcher taps into the Arcade today. These badges are “all about you,” so nab ‘em while they’re hot. Fo’ sho! Don’t forget, the Badge Arcade is ushering in the New Year with some brand-spanking new badges featuring Ashley, Nikki and the Pokémon series! Also joining the…
